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2013
10/26/13 • Rachel Deboer travels once more to the Hallowbaloo Arts Festival in Oahu to transform the festival participants with bodypainting.
6/13-9/13 • Maui Blacklight Ultraviolet Theater Troupe tours the west coast of the U.S. performing from Washington to Nevada ending their tour at the amazing Symbiosis Festival in California.
6/8/2013 • Maui Blacklight Ultraviolet Theater Troupe performs a fundraising show at Iao Theater before West Coast U.S.A Tour.
Spring 2013 • Rachel is asked to create a Black light Body Art Transformation Station at the Grand Wailea.
2/2013 • Maui Blacklight Ultraviolet Theater Troupe teams up with the Kit Kat Club and Cherry Blossom Cabaret to create the Hawaii Superstars of Burlesque and perform their first show together at the Iao Theater entitled Kiss Kiss.
2/2013 • Rachel Deboer teaches Bodypainting at SOURCE 2013.
1/2013 • Next Level Theater Productions presents a visionary black light presentation entitled Hina and the Moon at the prestigious TedX Maui at the M.A.C.C.
2/14/2103 • Kiss Kiss burlesque show for Valentine’s day is featured in Maui Weekly.
2012
12/2012 • Rachel Deboer is asked to be hostess and sing for the AC/DC Fundraiser.
11/2012 • Epiphany Belly and Photography Art for Moms-To-Be is featured on the cover of the Maui Mama Magazine.
10/2012 • Body paint success lands Rachel and her team 5th place winnings at the Lahaina Action Town Committee Halloween Costume Contest.
10/2012 • Maui Blacklight Ultraviolet Theater Troupe perform at the Iao Theater for Halloween.
8/2012 • Rachel performs a bodypainted performance art at Art Mixx: The Forest, and is commissioned to paint for a video installation featured at Art Mixx.
8/2012 • Rachel bodypaints at Burning Man 2012.
7/6/2012 • Rachel places 5th in the blacklight category at the World Bodypainting Festival and 8th in Facepainting.
6/1/2012 •Maui Blacklight Ultraviolet Theater Troupe do their biggest show (at the time) at the Iao Theater, Masquerade, along with Diva Deva Productions.
5/31/2012 • Maui Blacklight Ultraviolet Theater Troupe is featured on the cover of Maui Time.
5/31/2012 • Featured in The Maui News: Glow-in-the-dark group to be part of First Friday festivities in Wailuku.
2/2012 • Next Level Theater Productions presents Enlightenment with Merkabah Fire Productions at SOURCE.
2/2012 • Maui Blacklight Ultraviolet Theater Troupe featured on the cover of the Maui Scene for the Maui Fringe Theater Festival.
2011
11/2011 • Rachel creates Maui Blacklight Ultraviolet Theater Troupe which begins performing all over Maui.
10/2011 • Rachel Deboer is invited to participate in the annual Hallowbaloo Arts Festival in Honolulu, HI.
5/2011 • Rachel travels again to FABAIC to teach and compete.
Spring 2011 • Maui Slam features Rachel’s grafitti bodypainting.
3/2011 • The Artist Behind the Brush – Read the latest article about Rachel’s body painting.
3/3-6/2011 • Rachel is the emcee at the 2011 North American Body Painting Championships in Dallas, Texas.
2010
12/3/2010 • “Rachel Deboer Makes Hawaii Glow in the Dark” according to Rachel’s latest press clipping from MauiNow.com.
10/2010 • Rachel was commissioned to paint two fire goddesses as part of the “Taste of Chocolate” held at the Maui Four Seasons. She and her painted ladies were featured in some press.
7/29/2010 • Rachel presents 3-d Chroma – depth black light interactive body painting presentation at the Maui Poetry Slam.
2/17/2010 • Rachel Deboer’s body painted show, “Birth of Tiki”, makes it to the cover of the Maui Time Weekly.
2/2010 • “The Birth of Tiki” premiers at Source, a non-profit interactive arts festival.
5/26-30/2010 • Rachel teaches at Face And Body Art International Convention 2010 in Florida
2/14/2010 • Rachel competes in the 2010 North American Body Paint Competition in Las Vegas, with Body Paint Girl.
1/2010 • Rachel’s newest project involves Hawaiian Culture – check out The Birth of Tiki
2009
5/26/2009 Rachel’s bodypaint modeling is featured in the Orlando Sentinel
5/2009 • Rachel attends the Face And Body Art International Convention in Orlando, Florida.
2/20 – 2/23/2009 • Rachel Deboer produces Body Alive Maui at the annual Source Arts Festival in Maui.
2008
12/31/2008 • Rachel Deboer’s body painting is the highlight of a Maui New Year’s Eve fashion show. Rachel painted Body Paint Girl as a cyborg from the year 2020, where the future of fashion is body painting.
11/08/2008 • Rachel teaches body art class at the Hui No’Eau for Artstorm!
10/17/2008 • Rachel’s body painting joins performance art to blend a human figure model into a Cudra Clover (cudraclover.com) silk painting during the upcoming “Silk and Steel” gallery opening at the Maui Hands Gallery on Front St. Lahaina, Maui.
8/31/2008 • The Maui News writes about Rachel – Pigments of Her Imagination – click to read
8/15/2008 • Rachel ‘s work is featured in the summer edition of Illusion, The Magazine for Today’s Face and Body Artist.
8/2008 • Rachel won 3rd place in the semi-professional brush/sponge division of the World Body Painting Festival!
7/18-20/2008 • Rachel travels to Seeboden, Austria, to participate in the World Body Painting Festival. Rachel will compete with other artists painting around the festival theme “Science: World of Wonder” in the semi-professional brush/sponge division.
6/15/2008 • Rachel Deboer is featured and filmed by Akamai Promotions – click to view